CHAPTER NINETEEN“I have never been more surprised,” Lydia said a little later. “You are the last person I expected to see, Evelyn, darling.”
“I thought it would be fun if I came here without telling you,” Evelyn replied. “It has only taken me four days to come here by air.”
“Were you very worried about me?” Ann asked, putting her hand into Evelyn’s as she sat beside her bed.
“Very,” Evelyn confessed. “You are a tiresome child to frighten us all like this.”
“I just cannot think how I became so ill,” Ann said, puckering her forehead at an effort at concentration. “I think it must have been some sort of bug.”
Lydia’s eyes met Evelyn’s and a look of understanding passed between them.
“If it was a bug, it has been very well exterminated, so don’t bother your head about it,” Evelyn said. “
